Googling "analyze Email headers" I found these two useful pages:
Reading Email Headers
All About Email Headers
http://www.stopspam.org/email/headers.html
Also some good info at:
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/9830
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hermit921 wrote:
> I have been asked to write a simple document for analyzing email
> problems. This will not be given to PC support staff who know almost
> nothing about email. I know it will need to include:
> 1. how to determine who sent the message
> 2. how to determine who should have received the message
> 3. read a returned error message and figure out what it means
> 4. look at the headers and figure out what mail servers were involved and when
>> It will not include looking at mail logs. It will not be mail client specific.
>> Does anyone have such a document already?
>> Thanks,
> Neil